Chapter 59: Going on a Long Journey

In the room, Deng Shirong dragged out an old wooden box from under the bed.

When the old wooden box was opened, there was a well-maintained five-shot shotgun and thirty-two rounds of bullets.

China today does not have a gun ban like in later generations, so it is not difficult to get a hunting rifle.

Guangxi, in particular, went to war with a bordering country just last year. Although large-scale fighting has ended, small-scale fighting has never stopped. The war was not truly ended until 1989.

Therefore, it can be said that everyone in Guangxi is a soldier now. The number of registered militiamen in Bobai County alone is as high as 252,422. It is conceivable how astonishing the number of militiamen the entire Guangxi has.

As one of the earliest militiamen in Naye Production Team, it is not surprising that Deng Shirong has a hunting rifle in his hand.

He took out the shotgun and checked it carefully, then checked the condition of the bullets. After finding that everything was normal, Deng Shirong began to load the bullets. After he was able to shoot at any time by pulling the trigger, he put the gun and the remaining bullets into the system space.

Tomorrow the second batch of goods from the tile factory will be ready to leave the kiln and be loaded onto trucks. This time, Deng Shirong plans to go to Beihai with Deng Yungui to sell the goods. After selling all the tiles, he will make another trip to Lingshan County to see if there is any chance to get the saplings of Guiwei lychees.

When he went out, Deng Shirong paid great attention to his own safety. After all, it was already the 1980s, and the chaos in society had become quite serious. Many people had begun to act lawless, so the country made the decision to crack down on all kinds of criminal activities three years later.

Although he and Deng Yungui had traveled to Hepu, Beihai, Zhanjiang, Lianjiang and other places in his previous life, they had never encountered bandits or the like. But as the saying goes, it's better to be cautious. Just because he didn't encounter them in his previous life doesn't mean he won't encounter them in this life. That's why he brought his hunting rifle with him. If he really encountered an emergency, it would be a great treasure that could save his life.

After putting away the shotgun, Deng Shirong went to the captain to ask for a letter of introduction.

In this day and age, a letter of introduction is a must when going out. Otherwise, you can’t buy a train ticket or stay in a hotel or guesthouse. It can be said that you can’t take a single step.

In addition to the letter of introduction, Deng Shirong also used his connections to get some national food coupons. Although he had money in his pocket and would probably not starve outside, it was always better to be prepared.

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After dinner, Deng Shirong took out ten big unity notes from his pocket, handed them to his eldest daughter and said, "I'm going to Beihai tomorrow, and then to Lingshan County. It will take at least three days for me to come back, and the tiles of our house will probably be laid the day after tomorrow. Remember to prepare more delicious dishes for everyone by then."

Deng Yunzhen took the money and nodded, "I understand, Dad."

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The next day.

Early in the morning, the truck stopped in front of the tile kiln, and the workers of the tile factory began to load the truck carefully.

Cylinders and tiles are fragile items. Today's roads are not the smooth highways of later generations. Instead, a large part of them are bumpy dirt roads. The truck shakes violently when running. If the loading is not done properly, then when it arrives at the destination, there will probably be only a pile of broken cylinders and tiles left.

In order to avoid such unnecessary losses, the experienced Deng Yungui took command on the spot.

It took more than an hour to finally fill the truck up to the point where even a small vegetable jar couldn't fit in it.

After supervising the whole process and loading the car, Deng Yungui came to Deng Shirong and said with a smile: "Uncle Jiu, if there is nothing else, let's go!"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Well, let's go!"

So, Deng Yungui said hello to the truck driver, then got on the truck and set off.

The road from Gangwachang to Beihai is about 100 kilometers. If we take the highway like in later generations, it will take more than an hour to reach the destination. However, the roads nowadays are difficult to travel on and the speed of cars is very slow. It took more than three hours to get to Beihai.

At this time, it was already noon.

"Uncle Jiu, there is a noodle shop in front that doesn't require food coupons. Let's go there to have a bowl of noodles first, and then take the goods to the market to sell to those stores. It's been a month since we last came here, and they should have sold out the last batch of goods." Deng Yungui said, touching his hungry stomach.

Deng Shirong hummed and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll follow your arrangements. You've been here last time, so you have more experience than me."

While speaking, Deng Shirong was silently looking around at the unfamiliar environment. Even though he had been to Beihai many times with Deng Yungui in his previous life, it had been thirty or forty years since then. In addition, there were no impressive "landmark buildings" in Beihai during this period, so his memory had long been blurred.

It was not until he finished eating the noodles and arrived at the sales market that Deng Yungui mentioned that Deng Shirong felt a vague sense of familiarity.

There is no need to say more about the rest. There was still a huge market demand for pottery and ware in the early 1980s. The goods that Deng Yungui and Deng Yuntai brought over last month had already been sold out. This truckload of goods was divided up by several stores in the blink of an eye.

"Yungui, take the money and go back with the driver. I'll see if there are any trucks going to Lingshan County today." If it were a truck driver from later generations, he would definitely have to get another truck of goods here and drive back, so that he could make money by not having an empty truck on both the way there and back.

But in this day and age, it is simply impossible to have a full car going both ways.

Deng Shirong had already told Deng Yungui on the way here that he was going to Lingshan County, so Deng Yungui nodded and said, "I see. The driver also said before that things are not going well recently. Uncle Jiu, please be careful on the road alone."

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Deng Shirong hummed and said, "I know what's going on. Be careful on the road."

The driver said, "Uncle Jiu, it's not convenient for you to take the bus here. Let me take you to the station first!"

Public transportation in this era is indeed very inconvenient, so Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for your help, Master!"

The driver smiled and said, "It's not a problem. The station is not far from here."

So the three of them got back into the car.

Ten minutes later, the driver took Deng Shirong to the bus station.

"Uncle Jiu, let's go back first!"

"Well, go back and have a safe journey."

Deng Shirong opened the car door and got out. After watching the driver and Deng Yungui leave, he walked into the bus station.

It has to be said that Deng Shirong's luck was quite good. There was a bus from Beihai to Lingshan County today, and he immediately took out his letter of introduction to buy a ticket.

More than an hour later, a bus drove out of Beihai Bus Station and headed towards Qinzhou.

By the time Deng Shirong arrived at Lingshan County, the sun had already set! (End of this chapter)